Intel Core i7-7820HQ vs Intel Core i5-4670K

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i5 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2218 points
2369 points
6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3567 points
4349 points
21% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1819 points
0.44% slightly better multitasking score
1811 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1749 points
0.58% slightly better heavy workload score
1739 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

63.31 points
27% slightly higher Blender score
49.53 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3447 points
3533 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1174 points
1242 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3581 points
3701 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1188 points
1301 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
100% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz
3.40 GHz
17% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
86% significantly lower TDP
84 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

678th of 1,089
648th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i7
4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February
2013 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-7820HQ vs Core i5-4670K specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-7820HQ performs better than the Core i5-4670K. Despite this, the Core i5-4670K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-7820HQ has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-4670K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7820HQ. Despite this, the Core i7-7820HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-7820HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-4670K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-7820HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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